lpfgaz

A python package for working with data in the Linked Places Format (LPF)

install and config

• For functions involving the Geonames API, the environment variable GEONAMES_USER must be set to a string that is a valid GeoNames username. In the absence of this environment variable, the "demo" username is used, which almost always results in a "denied" response from the API.

Roadmap

• Support all LPF complex objects with corresponding python classes, each with intuitive properties for accessing data.
  • LPFFeatureCollection (in progress)
    • Read an LPF JSON file
      • Validate LPF JSON on read
    • Write an LPF JSON file
      • Ensure valid on or before write (separate validation step?)
    • Read an LP-TSV file
  • LPFFeature (in progress)
    • get properties:title
    • get properties:@id
    • get properties:ccodes
      • lookup countries from ccodes (implemented with issue #1)
      • validate ccodes (implemented with issue #1)
    • get properties:fclasses
      • lookup feature class names from fclasses (implemented with issue #2)
      • validate fclasses (implemented with issue #2)
    • are there other properties in the spec not represented in the example JSON? No.
    • LPFWhen
      • LPFTimeSpan
      • LPFTimePeriod
    • LPFName
    • LPFType
    • LPFGeometry
    • LPFLink
    • LPFRelation
    • LPFDescription
    • LPFDepiction